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    woodenness
    /ˈwʊd(ə)nnəs/

    noun

    • 1. stiffness or awkwardness in movement or manner: "the woodenness of her high five"

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  2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › woodennessWoodenness Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    1. : made or consisting of wood. 2. : lacking ease or flexibility : awkwardly stiff. a wooden speech. a wooden performer. woodenly adverb. woodenness. ˈwu̇-dᵊn- (n)əs. noun. Did you know?

  3. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › woodennessWoodenness - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com

    Definitions of woodenness. noun. the quality of being wooden and awkward. “he criticized the woodenness of the acting” “there was a certain woodenness in his replies” see more see less. Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Woodenness." Vocabulary.com Dictionary, Vocabulary.com, https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/woodenness. Accessed 30 Sep. 2024.

  4. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › english › woodennesswoodenness noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

    Definition of woodenness noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  5. www.thefreedictionary.com › woodennessWoodenness - definition of woodenness by The Free Dictionary

    Define woodenness. woodenness synonyms, woodenness pronunciation, woodenness translation, English dictionary definition of woodenness. adj. 1. Made or consisting of wood. 2. Stiff and unnatural; without spirit: a wooden performance; a wooden smile. 3. Clumsy and awkward; ungainly....

  6. www.oed.com › dictionary › woodenness_nwoodenness, n. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English...

    The earliest known use of the noun woodenness is in the 1850s. OED's earliest evidence for woodenness is from 1854, in the writing of Henry David Thoreau, author and naturalist. woodenness is formed within English, by derivation.

  7. www.definitions.net › definition › woodennessWhat does woodenness mean? - Definitions.net

    Woodenness refers to the quality of being stiff, rigid, inflexible, or lacking in ease or naturalness, often used in the context of describing a person's speech, acting, or movement. In a literal sense, it can also refer to the characteristic of being made of wood. Webster Dictionary Rate this definition: 0.0 / 0 votes. Woodenness noun.

  8. en.wiktionary.org › wiki › woodennesswoodenness - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

    Aug 19, 2024 · woodenness (usually uncountable, plural woodennesses) The state of being wooden (often in a figurative sense).